Family Update

Sophy Update: Sophy can stand up! She started pulling herself up last friday! I guess it's time to drop her mattress down! She also loves the onny Jump up all of a sudden. She likes to play in it when Jeff and I are in the office so she can see everything going on around her! She's getting so big!
Jeff and Shannon Update: Jeff and I went over budget stuff this week! YUCK!! Who likes to do that? We actually set a nice budget so I think things will get a lot better now. It's been very bad lately. Or should I say " I'VE" been very bad lately! Well that will change!
I finally put a little more effort into my growing Scrap/bow business. I'm very excited about Memory Works! Our new catalog comes out April 3rd! So if anyone wants discounted stuff just give me a call! I have the Memory Works Site Linked to the left so go check out the sale!
Because of the growing business Jeff has agreed to share his office with me so I can have a place to work. So we've been cleaning and organizing for two days trying to rearange things in there. It is a lot of work, but it's nice to feel productive. Not to mention some of this should have been done a long time ago!
Well that's the Family Update!

Messy!

Ok so maybe I should explain these pictures a little. Sophy has been eating solid food for quite a while now so you'd think it wouldn't be this messy! And usually it isn't...so allow me to explain: Sophy isn't feeling too well. She's stopped up with a snotty nose and is fussy, although it's not causeing too much problems around here it did at feeding time. I was trying to feed her Garden Vegitables, not her faviorite by far! As I shove the food in her mouth she likes to pack it into her cheeks instead of actually eating it. It takes longer to feed her, but adventually it all ends up in her tummy...not this time! She kept sneezing and coughing. I think it might have been funnier if I could have taken a picture of me instead of her! I was covered in garden veggies and rice cereal! She seemed to enjoy herself. Everytime she sneezed and sprayed me in veggies she'd laugh and laugh! It didn't help that I found it pretty funny too! So the lessoned I learned: When Sophy is sneezing and coughing, Let Jeff feed her!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy

St. Patrick's

Day!

Ok, So I know she's part Norwegion, but she's also Part Irish....besides, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!
Yesterday Jeff and I took little bit down to the big St. Patrick's Day celebration downtown. We got there just a little too late and missed the parade! Oh well, we still got some fun pictures and got to listen to some good music. I told Sophy all about St. Patrick and how he ran all the snakes out of Ireland and ahe seemed to have a good time.

Oh and for those of you who wanted to know: I have lost 3 pounds! I think I was gaining because I was building muscle! I'm fitting in my clothes better now. I also started Sophy on Formula yesterday. Not all the time, just a little. I'm starting to ween her a little bit! It's so nice to wear normal clothes again!

Doctor Check up!

So I took Sophy in to the doctor for a weight check yesterday. I was very excited thinking that she had finally gained some weight! However, I was apparently only going there to have all my hopes dashed! Sophy weighs 15.8 lbs. For those of you who wonder that is 10th percentile for her age! So it's dropped once again. We are now supposed to feed her 4 solid food feedings and 4 nursing feedings a day and add 1 tab of butter to all her solid food feedings! It's sad when you have to add butter to her food to put a little fat on her.
I on the other hand have the opposite problem! I am going to the Gym (yes, I shannon am exercising...no one pass out from the shock!) and watching calories and still I lose no weight. Well, not no weight, but very little. I'll just keep trying though, because I actually feel alot better lately.
Even though Sophy isn't gaining weight, she is good in all other ways! She is crawling all over the place and I can't seem to keep those little hands out of things! She is super cute and always very happy. We've even gotten to sleep all night a few times lately! It's really much better around here.